The E-Sylum: Volume 10, Number 21, May 27, 2007, Article 29
DAVID POWELL'S LEADEN TOKEN TELEGRAPH NEWSLETTERS
David Powell has been organizing research efforts around a number
of obscure early lead British tokens. As he discussed with me at
the May meeting of the British Numismatic Society, metal-detecting
hobbyists are discovering more and more of these in their digs.
Acting as a bridge between the worlds of metal detecting and
numismatics, David has been bringing the two groups together to
learn about and classify the often enigmatic issues. To this end
he publishes the Leaden Token Telegraph newsletters highlighting
new finds and research.
He writes: "My newsletters are on www.leadtokens.org.uk; note that
the site also contains a bibliography and index. I have a write-up
of an earlier version of my club talk on the subject, plus a further
article on Communion Tokens, which are an allied subject since so
many of them are lead.
"The Lead Token article, particularly Sect.8, describes the
classification system which I have been trying to develop, although
I need to update it in the light of recent developments and discoveries.
The articles on each of the 32 types in LTT {see index for details}
are more detailed; I need to bring them together and summarise. If
anyone wants to email me on the subject (at the address mentioned at
the top of the newsletters), I shall be delighted to hear from them.
"The British Token Corresponding Society (TCS) has a website where
there are links to articles on these and other subjects. These are
briefer, with the intention of establishing interest and making
ourselves known to the outside world. In addition to the three
subjects already mentioned, I have also put something together for
the TCS site on lead tesserae."
Leaden Tokens Telegraph homepage:
Leaden Tokens Telegraph
David Powell's Lead Token article:
David Powell's Lead Token article
David Powell's Communion Token article:
David Powell's Communion Token article
British Token Corresponding Society:
British Token Corresponding Society